Apple Pay closes loophole that allowed Russian users to pay with Mir cards

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple Pay will no longer support Russian card payment system Mir, closing a loophole that let Rus...

Watch Out, Facebook. American Non-Profit Creates Social Network for Older Adults

Wikipedia points out that America's two largest-circulation publications are the two magazine sent out to over 38 million members of mas...

Uber granted a 30-month license to continue operating in London

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber has secured a 30-month — or two-and-a-half-year — license to keep its ridesharing services u...

What Andy Warhol Was Really Thinking on Commodore's Amiga Demo Day

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Thirty five years after Andy Warhol's death, the NY Times reports on a new wave of Warhol-Mania...

To Help Retain Engineers, Apple Gives $100K-$200K Bonuses

Apple is paying six-figure "special retention grants" to a handful of hardware and software engineers. Protocol reports: The bonus...

US Charges Four Russian Spies for Hacking Saudi Oil Facility and US Nuclear Power Plant

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced charges against four Russian government employees for a years-long hacking campaign targeting c...

Bose’s noise-canceling QuietComfort Earbuds are more than $50 off today

The Bose QuietComfort earbuds are discounted to just $219.99 at Amazon and Best Buy right now. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you...